Firstly, it is not only entire dogs - many castrated dogs get these urges too... they will follow a bitch... they will tie... they simply will not produce puppies.

A dog owner cannot prepare for this - it is a primal urge... it is not something you can train for.... and while it may be possible to make your garden into a fortress on the offchance that some selfish bitch owner is going to take out their in season bitch, what happens if that dog owner is happily going for a walk when their dog picks up the scent that's been left by the bitch out. And while taking them to an industrial park is fine... walking there and leaving a trail for dogs to pick up defeats the object - if you do that you might just as well take them to the park. I rarely walk my in season bitch - it has no detrimental effect on her, and if I do (driving to an industrial estate), I would NEVER take her out during her most fertile period which it sounds like your friend did. Of course, bitches in season cannot help being in season, but they are not welcome anywhere in public and nor should they be.

There is one indisputable fact:

The well being of a bitch is firmly the responsibility of us bitch owners, not the dog owners. Bitches come into season (Unless we choose to neuter them) and we should all know that when we choose a bitch - if we cannot take that responsiblity then we should get a dog or get them spayed. I do not consider it the responsibility of someone I have never met before to build a fortress around their garden or train their male, or keep them on lead all the time, on the off chance that I may take my bitches out when in season. We are solely responsible for our own actions - not just for the sake of our own bitches, but, if we have any decency, for other dogs too.


I'm glad that your friend has decided to neuter the bitch in question - that at least, is a positive outcome.